Fiber-optic add-drop device based on a silica microsphere-whispering gallery mode system

Authors
Cai, M Hunziker, G Vahala, K
Citation
M. Cai et al., Fiber-optic add-drop device based on a silica microsphere-whispering gallery mode system, IEEE PHOTON, 11(6), 1999, pp. 686-687
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS
ISSN journal
10411135 → ACNP
Volume
11
Issue
6
Year of publication
1999
Pages
686 - 687
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(199906)11:6<686:FADBOA>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
An all-optical passive four-port system including a fused silica microspher e and two tapered fibers is proposed and demonstrated for the application a s a channel adding-dropping device. It is shown that channels can be select ively exchanged between two fibers by coupling to a whispering gallery mode resonance in the microsphere, Finesse in excess of 11 150 is measured for the loaded whispering gallery modes.